The Report was presented officially to Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General on 17 January 2005 by the Director of the Millennium Project, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University.

 The Project was based in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) headquarters in New York and draws on over two years of extensive research by ten thematic Task Forces, comprising a total of 265 internationally recognized experts in different fields.  The ten task forces were charged with diagnosing the key constraints to meeting the MDGs, and have recommended actions to ensure nations are on track to achieve the MDGs by 2015.

 Their Report is the first in a series of a major global initiative on the MDGs this year, culminating in a high-level summit of the General Assembly in September 2005, at which world leaders will review the implementation of the Millennium Declaration.  The summit is expected to set the world's development agenda for the coming decade.  With the high ambition for the world to achieve the MDGs, year 2005 represents a historic chance for making the necessary global policy breakthrough needed to help the poorest countries achieve the Goals.  The Millennium Project Report provides a detailed blueprint for making this happen.

The Report states that MDGs can be met in 2015 if a breakthrough is achieved in 2005.  The UN Millennium Project report outlines what needs to be done, where immediate action should be taken, and how much it would cost.  It recommends specific and practical known steps to reach the Goals.  The report adds that developing countries can see breathtaking results within three or five years through recommending some Quick Wins steps.

 There is an opportunity for the world's development aspirations to be put back on track in 2005.  The report's recommendations can be met through a coordinated programme of well-governed public investments and by adopting and implementing a national development strategy that is ambitious enough to achieve the Goals.

 Achieving the MDGs will require a global partnership suitable for an interconnected world.  The report calls, therefore, on the international development partners to give all the support needed to implement the country level Goals-based strategies, not only in an increased and rapid immediate scale-up of aid, but also in a higher quality of aid.

 Jordan's Millennium Development Goals Report, launched officially in October last year on the occasion of the United Nations Day, revealed that Jordan is expected to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals.  Its report was an initial attempt to monitor developments in Jordan for achieving the MDGs.  A database, hosted by the Department of Statistics, represents one of the country's bases for sustainable development planning by enabling decisions to be based on accurate and recent information. 

 The database also contributes to achieving a national agreement over the measuring mechanism, the concept, and setting the value of present indicators, and ones that can be added to subsequent reports.  This database will be the source of annual up-dates on Jordan’s progress towards meeting the MDGs.